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DUI Arrest In Three-Vehicle Highway 20 Crash

A three-vehicle crash on Highway 20, about a mile from Smartsville, Monday afternoon, also included an arrest of one of the drivers. CHP Officer Mike Steele says it happened near Melody Road. He says the drivers were 42-year-old Kadin Leppek of Penn Valley, 56-year-old Timothy Carlson of Auburn, and a 17-year-old boy driving a pickup, whose name is not being released because of his age. He did not have many other specifics…

click to listen to Officer Steele

Steele says there were four minor injuries, including a passenger in one of the vehicles…

click to listen to Officer Steele

Steele says Leppek, believed to be under the influence of alcohol, was also cited on a misdemeanor charge of driving with a suspended license.

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